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Welcome to this final edition of Asia Review. It's our last show because our parent programme Asia Pacific has been cancelled by ABC International, after sixteen years on air. This ASIA REVIEW special is dedicated to all the people who've worked on the show.

The American Secretary of State John Kerry has used a major address at the end of his five-day tour of Myanmar, Australia and Solomon Islands to set a broader agenda for Washington's relations with the Asia Pacific region.

So what is the significance of the Asia Pacific policy address delivered by US Secretary of State John Kerry?Some argue the speech is a response to those sceptics who question whether the Americans are devoting sufficient time and resources to the region.

Karon Snowdon has been Asia Pacific's Finance Correspondent since 2000, and apart from her business brief, Karon's coverage of stories ranged far and wide from Indonesia, to China and the nation we now know as Myanmar.

Annual talks are being held in Sydney today, bringing together Australia's foreign and defence ministers and their American counterparts, the Secretary of State John Kerry and Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel.

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